NYSC aids Corpers report, Bans Firewood In Akwa Ibom Camp

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) management has reportedly instructed the Akwa Ibom State Coordinator to replace firewood in the orientation camp kitchen with gas cylinders, following concerns raised about poor feeding and corps members being tasked to fetch firewood.

The directive from NYSC Director-General Brig Gen Yusha’u Ahmed comes after previous reports on the coordinator’s alleged actions, including threats and collecting phone numbers, which the state NYSC denied.

The move to switch to gas cylinders aims to address the issues raised regarding the use of firewood and improve conditions for corps members.

The NYSC management also did not argue that many corps members exited from the camp on account of sickness, pregnancy, marriage etc and some went to Mammy market and buy food due to poor quality of the camp food and their feeding allowance allegedly pocketed by the coordinator.

“As I’m filing this report, we received the information that the Hon. Minister of Youths is coming to the Akwa Ibom camp, the DG of NYSC called the coordinator and directed her to immediately remove all the firewood from the kitchen and replace it with gas cylinders,” a source told SaharaReporters on Thursday.